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Congratulations to Philippa Crooks on winning the Design Excellence Award. This award is decided by the Advisory Committee made of of industry leaders. On the committee this year, we had Hannari Slabbert (WGSN), David West (Head Designer Woolworths), Trevor Stuurman (StyleRead more

The 1st year students got to take part in a Cornerstore Collab, the coolest local streetwear store. Cornerstore, based in Woodstock, houses brands 2Bop, Young&Lazy and Sol-Sol. The students were tasked with researching skate culture, and creating a trouser that was functional,Read more

IZIKO Groot Constantia / Heritage Day Project- 3rd term – First years. Our 1st year students were lucky enough to work in collaboration with Iziko Museums on a Heritage Day project for the end of year fashion show as wellRead more

Styling is one of the many exciting fashion careers, with job options in the Fashion and Retail Space. Employment opportunities as Stylists range from visual merchandisers to personal shoppers. The DAF Short Course in Styling offers students the opportunity toRead more

Gearing up to the annual DAF Fashion Show (which this year will be taking on a new and exciting format of a static show), the staff and students organised a fundraiser event. Held on the 3rd of October atRead more

This 2nd year project required students to look into current sportwear trends (S\S or A\W) and designers to create a concept\narrative which incorporates the trend/s. They then have to create a range of 3 looks for the market segment activewear,Read more

The night of the 26th of November, 2014 was a big and long-awaited event for the DAF students, who showed the culmination of their hard work during the year to industry VIP’s at the first show and family and friends,Read more

This year, DAF graduates represented well at the Elle Rising Star award show! Tamara Cherie Dyson, who completed her studies with DAF in 2012 was announced winner. The award show finale featured a new collection Nicholas Coutts, the previous year’sRead more

Tuesday the 26th November was the big day for DAF’s 2013 graduates – the day that all their hard work would pay off as they saw their collections come to life on the runway. With beautiful wooden floors, high ceilingsRead more

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Design Academy of Fashion (Pty) Ltd is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training as a private higher education institution under the Higher Education act 1997. Certificate no. 2010/HE07/002. Design Academy of Fashion (Pty) Ltd is accredited by the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) of the Council on Higher Education (CHE) to offer the Diploma: Fashion and Higher Certificate: Fashion. Design Academy of Fashion (Pty) Ltd is also registered on the national qualifications framework (NQF) of South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) as being registered by the Department of Higher Education to offer the Diploma in Fashion and Higher Certificate in Fashion.